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Rose</a> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20080930172631/http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/document.cgi?file=/sports/skiing/pages/resorts/mtshasta.DTL">Mt. 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href="/web/20080930172631/http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2008/01/27/CM72OJSVF.DTL&type=ski"><img src="/web/20080930172631im_/http://www.sfgate.com/c/pictures/2008/01/27_t/cm_rahlves2702_t.gif" width="64" height="64" border="1"></a></td> <td width="2"> </td> <td align="left" valign="top" class="text1md"><a href="/web/20080930172631/http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2008/01/27/CM72OJSVF.DTL&type=ski">The Rahlves Identity</a> Meet former Olympian Daron Rahlves and his psychotic new sport, Skiercross. </td></tr></table> <table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <tr><td align="left" valign="top"> <a href="/web/20080930172631/http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2008/02/03/TR6MUFMRO.DTL&type=travel"><img src="/web/20080930172631im_/http://www.sfgate.com/c/pictures/2008/02/03_t/tr_jeff_pflueger_mg03_t.gif" width="64" height="64" border="1"></a></td> <td width="2"> </td> <td align="left" valign="top" class="text1md"><a href="/web/20080930172631/http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2008/02/03/TR6MUFMRO.DTL&type=travel">Ostrander Hut</a> Cozy Yosemite outpost worth the work of getting there on skis. </td></tr></table> <table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <tr><td align="left" valign="top"> <a href="/web/20080930172631/http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/chronicle/a/2008/01/24/SP9KUJ2M7.DTL&type=travel"><img src="/web/20080930172631im_/http://www.sfgate.com/c/pictures/2008/01/24_t/sp_outdoors01_t.gif" width="64" height="64" hspace="0" vspace="0" border="1"></a></td> <td width="2"> </td> <td align="left" valign="top" class="text1md"><a href="/web/20080930172631/http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/chronicle/a/2008/01/24/SP9KUJ2M7.DTL&type=travel">Peak Times At Shasta</a> Snowshoeing, ice fishing and glimpses of the great white wonder. </td></tr></table> <table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <tr><td align="left" valign="top"> <a href="/web/20080930172631/http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2008/01/20/TRQ3UAN28.DTL&type=travel"><img src="/web/20080930172631im_/http://www.sfgate.com/c/pictures/2008/01/20_t/tr_239948852_a_happy_t.gif" width="64" height="64" hspace="0" vspace="0" border="1"></a></td> <td width="2"> </td> <td align="left" valign="top" class="text1md"><a href="/web/20080930172631/http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2008/01/20/TRQ3UAN28.DTL&type=travel">Going To The Dogs</a> Tahoe dog-sled tours offer Sierra scenery worth wagging your tail over. </td></tr></table> <table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <tr><td align="left" valign="top"> <a href="/web/20080930172631/http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2007/12/23/SPNUU2B9V.DTL&type=ski"><img src="/web/20080930172631im_/http://www.sfgate.com/c/pictures/2007/12/23_t/sp_outdoors_t.gif" width="64" height="64" hspace="0" vspace="0" border="1"></a></td> <td width="2"> </td> <td align="left" valign="top" 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href="/web/20080930172631/http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2007/12/04/MN68TNG4R.DTL&type=ski"><img src="/web/20080930172631im_/http://www.sfgate.com/c/pictures/2007/12/04_t/mn_march_snow2_t.gif" width="64" height="64" hspace="0" vspace="0" border="1"></a></td> <td width="2"> </td> <td align="left" valign="top" class="text1md"><a href="/web/20080930172631/http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2007/12/04/MN68TNG4R.DTL&type=ski">How Green Is Your Slope?</a> Alpine got an "A," Kirkwood got an "F." What's your resort's "eco grade"? </td></tr></table> <table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <tr><td align="left" valign="top"> <a href="/web/20080930172631/http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2007/11/25/TR00TFHKF.DTL&type=travel"><img src="/web/20080930172631im_/http://www.sfgate.com/c/pictures/2007/11/25_t/tr_stevenson_2007_ic02_t.gif" width="64" height="64" hspace="0" vspace="0" border="1"></a></td> <td width="2"> </td> <td align="left" valign="top" class="text1md"><a href="/web/20080930172631/http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2007/11/25/TR00TFHKF.DTL&type=travel">It Takes A Village</a> Family-friendly Northstar shines as the perfect après-ski hangout — s'mores and all. </td></tr></table> <table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <tr><td align="left" valign="top"> <a href="/web/20080930172631/http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2007/03/15/SPGHLOLCVC1.DTL"><img src="/web/20080930172631im_/http://www.sfgate.com/c/pictures/2007/03/15_t/sp_nightresort14_03_t.gif" width="64" height="64" hspace="0" vspace="0" border="1"></a> </td><td width="2"> </td> <td align="left" valign="top"> <a href="/web/20080930172631/http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2007/03/15/SPGHLOLCVC1.DTL">On The Night Shift</a> Just who are the little elves who groom the slopes while you sleep?</a> </td> </tr> </table> <table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <tr><td align="left" valign="top"> <a href="/web/20080930172631/http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2007/02/22/SPGTVO8N841.DTL&type=travelbayarea"><img src="/web/20080930172631im_/http://www.sfgate.com/c/pictures/2007/02/22_t/sp_avalanche_t.gif" width="64" height="64" hspace="0" vspace="0" border="1"></a></td> <td width="2"> </td> <td align="left" valign="top" class="text1md"><a href="/web/20080930172631/http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2007/02/22/SPGTVO8N841.DTL&type=travelbayarea">Team Avalanche</a> How the Sierra Avalanche Center scours the slopes for deadly snow. </td></tr></table> <img src="/web/20080930172631im_/http://www.sfgate.com/templates/types/travel/graphics/travel_triangle.gif" width="3" height="6" border="0" vspace="0" hspace="2" alt=">"> Plus: <a href="/web/20080930172631/http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/chronicle/a/2007/02/22/SPGTVO8OLD1.DTL&type=travelbayarea">Your life is in this 30 year old's hands</a>. <table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <tr><td align="left" valign="top"> <a href="/web/20080930172631/http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2007/01/14/TRGSCNH2EN1.DTL&type=travel"><img src="/web/20080930172631im_/http://www.sfgate.com/c/pictures/2007/01/14_t/tr_yosemitetrain6_t.gif" width="64" height="64" hspace="0" vspace="0" border="1"></a> </td><td width="2"> </td> <td align="left" 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